America's Cup, 26,000 at Race Village: four races today with Luna Rossa leading

Naples continues its America's Cup day with significant public attendance numbers. By 1 p.m. today, the Race Village set up by Sport e Salute on Lungomare Caracciolo had already recorded over 26,000 entries, according to ANSA Campania and Corriere del Mezzogiorno.

Four races scheduled

The weather conditions, with wind between 10 and 18 knots, convinced the race committee to recover the fleet race that was not held yesterday due to light wind. Today's schedule therefore includes four fleet races: the first at 2:10 p.m., then at 2:46 p.m., at 3:27 p.m. and finally at 4:03 p.m.

The standings

Leading the overall standings is Luna Rossa senior, which yesterday achieved a first and second place for 19 out of 20 available points. Following are the main crew of Emirates Team New Zealand and American Racing Challenger Team Usa, tied at 14 points. Luna Rossa Youth and Women and GB2 are at 13 points, while Switzerland's Alinghi and the second New Zealand boat are at 11. Closing the provisional standings are England's first boat GB1 with 6 points and France's La Roche-Posay Racing Team with 5.

Online sentiment

A study by the Arcadia agency, presented at the Race Village during the meeting "On the Route to the Future" at the Campania Region stand, found that 90% of digital conversations about the event are positive, with joy and love among the most associated emotions. CEO Domenico Giordano spoke of over 12,000 unique authors, almost 27,000 mentions of the keyword "America's Cup" and approximately 470,000 interactions, with Italy as the leading country for interactions ahead of the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Regional Tourism Assessor Vincenzo Maraio emphasized the importance of this data to understand "how Naples and Campania are perceived and discussed abroad", announcing joint work with the Regional Observatory on tourist flows to measure attendance and the event's impact on the territory.